Tooth cleaner



Dec. 11,1928.

G. KALENDF'F TOOTH CLEANER W4 R0 -om l Na mg w l t 4%. we

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comm mnnnorr or snooixnvmnnw YORK TOOTH CLEANER.

Applioationnle'vl February 18, 1928.. Serial as. agents.

This invention relates to tooth cleaners, an object of the inventionbeing'toprovide a simple, inexpensive and efficient means for supportinga thread of any suitable material such 5 as cotton, silk, dental flossor any other material, and which will hold the thread. as loosely or astaut as desired, and can be mosteffectually manipulated to thoroughlyclean between the teeth and alsoclean the gums adjacent the teeth toremove any food or other particles which cannot be dislodged with theordinary brush.

' A further object is to provide a device of this character having animproved arrangement of grooved, thread-receiving posts on which thethread may be wound a number of turns and will eiiectually positionwithout tying or any other fastening means.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovelfeatures of construction and rangements of parts, which will bemore fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim. i

. In the accompanying drawings--- Fi ure 1 is a view imelevationillustrating one orm of my improved'device;

v Figure 2 is a view, partly in partly in section, illustrating myimproved device as an attachment fllr a toothbrush handle Figure 8 is anenlarged view in elevation.

of one of the thread-receiving posts shown in Figure 1. 4

Referring moreparticularly to Figure 1, my improved device is composedof a single length of wire A". The extremities of the wire are bent atright angles "to the main por- 40 tion of the wire so as to provide apair of posts 2 and 3, spaced apart. The intermediate portion of thewire is bent upon itself, forming a handle 4:. of any'desired length andshape. H

One of these posts 2 is illustrated on an enlarged scale in Figure 3,from which it will be notedthat the outercnd of the post has an annular/-shaped groove 5 therein for the reception of a cord 6, which may be'of silk,

dental floss, cotton or any other desired material.

v I would call particular attention to the sha e of the groove 5, asthis shape of groove enables me to wind a cord a certain numbeg cormaintain itself in combinations and arelevation and will wedge in thegroove-ant, liich" is seli sustaining without tying the same or secur.ing the cord many other manner.

' In Figure 21 illustrate 'a modification in which my improved device,indicated gen erally by the reference characteeB, constitutes anattachment for a toothbrush handle,

indicated by the reference. character C. The

device B in this form of my invention is stamped from. sheet metal andcomprises spaced posts 7 and 8 having grooves 9 therein, similarin shapeto the grooves 5 for the reception of the cord 6.

On one end of the device B-a tongue l O is provided and perforated toreceive a pivot,

secured-in the toothbrush handle 0,

pin 11 and said handle is slotted or bifurcated at one end, as1ndicatedat'12, so as to allow the device B to be swung on the pivot 11and en -75 closed or housedin the handle.

The tongue 10 is of suificient lengthto pro jcct from the end of thetooth brush handle .when the device B is housed in the handle andhencethis. will facilitate the turning o the devieeto operative position; Theoperation of the device is as follows: For each use, a new tioned on theposts and, this may be as loose or as taut as desired.- force the cordbetween the teeth and move the device back and forth and in alldirections and, in fact, can insert his finger or thumb under thecordand give tothe cord any de- The operator'can then.

length of cord is posh sired manipulation to most effectually clean theteeth.

=Various changes and alterations might. be

made in the general form of the parts described without departing frommy invention and hence i do not limit myself to the precise details setforth but consider myself atlibcrty to inakejsuch fairly fall withinappended claim.

Iclaim: A tooth cleaner, comprising a single'ins tegral member, spacedgrooved cord-receivchanges and alterations as the spirit and scope ofthe ing posts on the member, a toothbrush hav ing a groove therein toreceive the device, a.

perforated tongue on the device, and a ivot pin secured in thetoothbrush handle'an projected through the tongue.

Signed York, and State of New York this 17th day of February, A. D.1928. v a

. GODEL KALENOFF.

at New York in the county of Newi

